Although George Orwell was a great writer from the beginning, he didn't become famous until very late in his short life. His writing was very clear and precise. He mainly wrote autobiographical accounts but his last two novels were bitter accounts of political beliefs. His last two novels became so popular that he became a renowned writer all over the world.
He was born in 1903 to a low-classed

Although George Orwell was a great writer from the beginning, he didn't become famous until very late in his short life. His writing was very clear and precise. He mainly wrote autobiographical accounts but his last two novels were bitter accounts of political beliefs. His last two novels became so popular that he became a renowned writer all over the world.

George Orwell, who wrote Animal Farm, went to Spain to fight for the Spanish government in the Spanish Civil war. While there he was in a Trotsyist outfit. He then witnessed Stalinists (acting under direction from Moscow) seizing, imprisoning, and killing many of his fellow Trotskists, all under the pretense of insuring the success of the democratic Spanish government. This made Orwell determined

George Orwell, who wrote Animal Farm, went to Spain to fight for the Spanish government in the Spanish Civil war. While there he was in a Trotsyist outfit. He then witnessed Stalinists (acting under direction from Moscow) seizing, imprisoning, and killing many of his fellow Trotskists, all under the pretense of insuring the success of the democratic Spanish government. This made Orwell determined

"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." - from 1984 by George Orwell
"Big Brother is watching you." And he's not the only one. In today's society, we've acclimated to surveillance cameras observing our every move in department stores, gas stations, and ATMs. They are there to scan for criminal acti-vity, to protect the innocent. Surveillance cou

"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." - from 1984 by George Orwell

"Big Brother is watching you." And he's not the only one. In today's society, we've acclimated to surveillance cameras observing our every move in department stores, gas stations, and ATMs. They are there to scan for criminal acti-vity, to protect the innocent. Surveillance cou

"In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible," Orwell writes, in the most celebrated passage. "Things like the continuance of British rule in India, the Russian purges and deportations, the dropping of the atom bombs on Japan, can indeed be defended, but only by arguments which are too brutal for most people to face, and which do not square with the profes

"In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible," Orwell writes, in the most celebrated passage. "Things like the continuance of British rule in India, the Russian purges and deportations, the dropping of the atom bombs on Japan, can indeed be defended, but only by arguments which are too brutal for most people to face, and which do not square with the profes

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